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HPC 2012 R2 Redistributable 'package' for visual studio 2015

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Hi,

I am trying to create a HPC client utilities redistributable as a 'pre-requistie' for one of my applications in VS 2015.

Anyone has a package readily available for this redistributable to plug into VS2015 click once wizard?

I know I can create a new one - But I am sort of lost while creating a 'product manifest' as described here -- - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee335701.aspx

Essentially things like url for webbootstrapper , install checks, install conditions and exit codes are something I am not fully aware of as far as HPC 2012 R2 client redist package is concerned.

edit1: just realized that orca tool from microsoft may be able to help me with the product guid etc of the client utils msi, but still wonder if there is a package that some one already implemented it

edit2: even with orca, i could not figure out what the command line parameters would be to invoke client utils msi in an 'unattend' mode.
- Edited by SRIRAM R Friday, July 8, 2016 5:37 PM
Thursday, July 7, 2016 8:48 PM

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Thanks. I was able to add hpc client utils to my clickonce windows forms app.

I am using Visual studio 2015 - so here are the steps if someone else needs it:

1) create a folder under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\SDK\Bootstrapper\Packages and call it "HpcClient_x64" (any name will do)

2) Under that folder,

a) create a sub folder called 'en'

b) create an empty file called "product.xml"

c) copy hpcclient_x64.msi file to this folder (download it from Microsoft, if needed)

3) Inside the 'en' folder created in 2 (a) above, create an empty file called "package.xml"

4) so the structure would be:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\SDK\Bootstrapper\Packages\HPCClient_x64

+ en

+ package.xml

+ hpcclient_x64.msi

+ product.xml

5) paste the following contents to package.xml under en folder and save that file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<Package
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/2004/01/bootstrapper"
    Name="DisplayName"
    Culture="Culture"
    >
    <!-- Defines a localizable string table for error messages-->
    <Strings>
        <String Name="DisplayName">HPC Client Utilities (x64)</String>
        <String Name="Culture">en</String>
        <String Name="AdminRequired">You do not have the permissions required to install HPC Client Utilities (x64). Please contact your administrator.</String>
        <String Name="InvalidOS">Installation of HPC Client Utilities (x64) is supported only on x64 machines.</String>
        <String Name="GeneralFailure">A failure occurred attempting to install HPC Client Utilities (x64).</String>
        <String Name="HpcClientRedistMsi">https://download.microsoft.com/download/4/B/6/4B66855F-0536-492A-9B1E-5DC6230E27C4/HpcClient_x64.Msi</String>
    </Strings>
</Package>

6) paste the following contents to product.xml and save that file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 

<Product xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/2004/01/bootstrapper" ProductCode="HpcClient.Utilities.x64">

  <!-- Defines list of files to be copied on build -->
  <PackageFiles CopyAllPackageFiles="false">
    <PackageFile Name="HpcClient_x64.Msi" HomeSite="HpcClientRedistMsi" />
  </PackageFiles>

  <InstallChecks>
    <MsiProductCheck Property="IsMsiInstalled" Product="{63235828-843B-49E0-93A8-A0571EB6169A}"/>
  </InstallChecks>

  <!-- Defines how to invoke the setup for the HPC Client redist -->
  <Commands>
    <Command PackageFile="HpcClient_x64.Msi" Arguments=''>

      <!-- These checks determine whether the package is to be installed -->
      <InstallConditions>
        <BypassIf Property="IsMsiInstalled" Compare="ValueGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="0"/>
        <!-- Block install if user does not have admin privileges -->
        <FailIf Property="AdminUser" Compare="ValueEqualTo" Value="false" String="AdminRequired"/>
        <!-- Block install on any platform other than x64 -->
        <FailIf Property="ProcessorArchitecture" Compare="ValueNotEqualTo" Value="AMD64" String="InvalidOS"/>
        <!-- Block install on Vista or below -->
        <FailIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="6.00" String="InvalidPlatformWinNT"/>
      </InstallConditions>

      <ExitCodes>
        <ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success"/>
        <ExitCode Value="3010" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
        <DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" String="GeneralFailure" />
      </ExitCodes>

    </Command>
  </Commands>
</Product>

7) restart visual studio, open the project properties -> publish tab -> prerequisites and it will be there!!

Marked as answer by SRIRAM R Wednesday, July 13, 2016 3:32 PM

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 3:31 PM

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Hi Sriram,

Sorry we don't have a manifest in place, but i can answer you two questions:

1. Product Guid for HpcClient_x86.msi is 1BF24E11-D39A-41E7-9551-AD1DBE0FE18E, and that for HpcClient_x64.msi is 63235828-843B-49E0-93A8-A0571EB6169A

2. The unattend installation is to add a "/qn" as a msioption argument (see https://technet.microsoft.com/en-sg/library/cc759262(v=ws.10).aspx). So I suppose the below command shall work.

<Command PackageFile="HpcClient_x64.msi" Arguments="/qn">
- Edited by Sunbin Zhu Monday, July 11, 2016 5:13 AM
Monday, July 11, 2016 5:13 AM